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STEVE HARPER’s TV writing includes Co-Executive Producer duties on Tracker and Stargirl and episodes of God Friended Me, Tell Me Your Secrets and American Crime. His web series SEND ME earned a 2016 Emmy Nomination for series lead Tracie Thoms. As an actor he’s appeared onstage at The Guthrie, and the Kennedy Center and on TV in Law & Order: SVU and 90210. Through his company Your Creative Life he coaches writers, posts advice on YouTube and co-hosts The Secret Writer Podcast - heard in 18 countries. He graduated from Yale, the A.R.T. Institute at Harvard and the Juilliard playwriting program.

Coaching website: www.yourcreativelife.com


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Podcast: The Secret Writer Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2086784


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Seth Michael Donsky is one of the International Screenwriters' Association's top 25 writers to watch in 2024. He is a 2023 recipient of the ISA's Diversity Initiative award and on the ISA's distinguished development slate.
His feature screenplay Stardusk, about the life of transgender Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling is in pre-production with the Oscar-award winning producer Bruce Cohen. He is also adapting Kate Bornstein's A Queer and Pleasant Danger (Beacon Press) and Lauren Roedy Vaughn's OCD, The Dude and Me (Penguin Group) (Dial Press) for the screen. A Queer and Pleasant Danger advanced in consideration for the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting and The Sundance Lab.
His feature screenplay Grit N' Glitter, the story of Allan Carr producing La Cage aux Folles (musical) on Broadway during the HIV/AIDS in the United States was one of five finalists for the Enderby Entertainment Award in the 2018 Austin Film Festival for screenplays with a unique voice and distinct vision. The finalists were selected by Rick Dugdale, Donald Petrie and Daniel Petrie, Jr. of Enderby Entertainment. It also placed in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
He holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University School of the Arts where he twice received the Dean's Fellowship, Columbia School of the Arts highest merit-based recognition. He wrote and directed the short film Loopy as his thesis film for graduation from Columbia. His feature film debut Twisted (1996 film), which he wrote and directed, was produced towards the tail end of the New Queer Cinema.

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David Merritt is a writer, director, and producer from Durham, North Carolina and now lives in Tarzana, California. He is a passionate storyteller who delves into multiple mediums. His writing accomplishments span the spectrum from awkward comedy to compelling drama.
At the beginning of his film career, David wrote and directed the dramatic short, The Rain Dance, which depicts the horror of domestic violence. As quoted by New York film critic Godfrey Cheshire “Rain Dance…is harrowing and believable yet also poetic and non sensational…mounted with considerable technical polish and visual sophistication.”
David also served as a writer and director for WWE RAW on the USA Network and Smack Down on the CW network. He directed action sequences and impromptu monologues, and he served as a writer and story editor on the video game Smack Down vs. Raw 2007.
In 2008, David started his production company, King David Films. In 2009, his horror script, Hangman, placed in the finals of the Screamfest LA screenwriting competition. In 2010, Hangman placed in the 2nd round of the Page Awards.Recently, David has written/ directed and produced the thriller 5697 Pounds, starring Lamonica Garrett of 1883 and Rey Gallegos of DMZ. Currently, David is a Story Editor on NBC's The Blacklist. Inspired at an early age by Star Wars and other mind-blowing films that changed the entertainment landscape, David Merritt II is a lifelong painter and sculptor turned emerging writer and director, winning the UCP Pitchfest and becoming a finalist in the ABC and CBS Directing programs before getting staffed. Raised in North Carolina by a social worker and a cop, it is no surprise that his work spans the spectrum of the human experience and leaves an indelible impression through the many facets of his artistry. When he is not busy creating, he is mastering his skills in the martial art form of Kung Fu San Soo.

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Where Bob DeRosa comes from, nice guys finish first. His screenwriting credits include Killers, The Air I Breathe, and the hit USA TV show White Collar. Along with frequent collaborator Ben Rock, Bob co-wrote Video Palace (the first narrative podcast from SHUDDER) and co-created the award-winning horror/comedy web-series 20 Seconds To Live. Their new audio drama Catchers is available now at Audible.com. When he’s not writing, Bob studies Kenpo karate and keeps his Little Free Library filled with good stuff. 

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Carole Kirschner is a Hollywood business coach, public speaker, and writer. She runs two prominent programs for writers, one at CBS and the other at the WGA . the WGA Showrunner Training Program helps senior-level writer-producers and recent creators hone the skills they need to become highly effective showrunners. More than 150 new series have been created by alumni since the Program's inception. Carole created and runs the CBS Diversity Institute Writers Mentoring Program, an eight month intensive that has helped to launch the careers of more than 100 diverse television writers.

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Mark Blutman – Television Writer/Producer
Mark is the writer/producer of such television series as Boy Meets World, Girl Meets World and Apple TV+’s Ghost Writer. He is also the writer of such feature films as Ten Wishes , Last Man on Earth and Friend of the Family. Mark has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.
Mark’s Twitter: @BlutmanMark

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